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Monday, March 1, 2010

Celebrating 2nd Bloggiversary with A Cake,an Event and a Giveaway!!

Here I am,with my 300th post on Easycooking along with my 2nd Bloggiversary.Two joys in one post..wait there’s more!!

What started as a just-like-that blog has become two years old and has 300 posts in it.It is only because of YOU,my readers and fellow-bloggers who have made this possible.I wouldn’t have come this far if not for your appreciation and encouragement.I’ve gone from posting what I cooked for our meals to making dishes exclusively for the blog.Thanks to blogging,I learned to bake and can confidently say I can whip up a few baked dishes with ease.While saying that,let me also thank my dear taste testers-Ajay’s friends who eat whatever I bake with full gusto.With a licked clean box which comes back to making requests for the next cake-Thank you folks..:)

While thinking of the anniversary post,many things crossed my mind trying to decide on what to cook for the big day.After a lot of thinking I decided upon a Chocolate Cake.[Now I won’t tell you that was my first choice to begin with..psst].That got me thinking.We love Chocolate cakes and I have a couple of “go-to” chocolate cake recipes when hit with a craving.But,everytime I come across a new one,I scribble it down or bookmark it hoping to try it out next.I do try new recipes but invariably,come back to the old ones.

Do you have a safely guarded Chocolate cake recipe up your sleeve?Do you feel you have the best recipe for the Ultimate chocolate cake?Or have you tasted a cake so good and have been trying to replicate the taste??

Send them all to me for the “The Best Chocolate Cake” event.

It could be the one you have been baking for ages or it can be a new recipe you tried out recently.With eggs-without eggs,with fruits or with nuts,frosted or plain,baked-microwaved-steamed-pressure cooked.You get the drift don’t you?

Rules for the event-

1.Bake a Chocolate cake and post it on your blog between March 1st -April 1st.[Round-up would be posted soonafter]

2.If you already have the Best Chocolate Cake recipe posted on your blog,you can do a repost with a link back to this event.But it would be fun to try out something new,isn't it?

4.Non-bloggers can send in their recipes along with a picture and I will post it along with the round-up.

How about tempting you with a giveaway?

I've been so impressed with the book "1 mix,50 Cakes" by Christine France that I've decided to give it away to one lucky winner.A random winner* will be chosen from the entries and the winner will be announced during the round-up.[Pssst,the winner would be chosen by a special guest].

So what are you waiting for??Don your aprons and pull up your sleeves and bake the Best Chocolate Cake:)

*Shipping only within India.

Here’s one of my Best Chocolate Cakes.I tried this from Hershey’s site-Appropriately titled Celebration Chocolate Cake.One of THE BESTEST cakes I have baked so far.Ajay’s thumbs-up with both hands and half the cake consumed by both of us clearly explains the fantabulous taste of the cake.Oh-so-soft,melt in the mouth and intensely-deeply chocolatey-My first three layered cake..YAY!!!

Heat oven to 350°F.Grease three 9-inch round baking pans. [I used 8' pan]Line bottoms with wax paper-grease and flour paper.Mix cocoa with boiling water in small bowl-stir until smooth. Set aside to cool.

Beat butter and sugar in large bowl until fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.

Stir in vanilla. Gradually add cocoa mixture, beating well.

Stir together flour, baking soda and salt- add alternately with milk and sour cream to butter mixture, beating until blended.

Pour batter into prepared pans. Bake 30 to 35 minutes or until wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean.

Congraz on completing 2 years into blogging, really a spl one to celebrate, and wishing you many more such happy moments...congraz on your 300th post too...and what a lovely giveaway for your wonderful event, will surely participate...

Hey Divya,Congratulations for completing 2 years and 300 posts!I am a regular reader of ur blog.. I just love ur recipes and write-ups.. keep up the good work! keep going! And thanks a ton for these wonderful recipes..

Wowo that is such a beautiful and so delcious looking cake. Congragulation and Haooy'bday to your wonderful blog.I would have loved to join up. I am in a diet together with hubby till April so chocolate is a prohibited till then.

Congratulations!!! This is a fabulous cake, I'm always inspired by the simplicity of your cake decoration, so simple, yet so very elegant!! I hope you come up with a million more recipes for us to try :)

Congrats dear!! 300 posts, wow!! It's a great accomplishment. The choc cake looks sinfully delicious, perfect to celebrate your blog's anniversary!! I really do want to take part in your event, I will try my best :)

Boy, I'm drooling.. lovely clicks of this oh so delicious cake.. u r so evil.. trying to coax me into baking a cake.. in the midst of the deit season..lol.. thanks for this lovely recipe will surely try it out when I'm ready for it.

Congratulations on successful completion of your 2nd year.The cake is very elegant and looks delicious.I would like to participate in this event.I am Kiran and I just started blogging.My blog is http://kiranjay.blogspot.comVisit me sometime.

Congratulations!I am a regular reader of your blog.The first recipe that I tried from your blog was the apple cake and it was so delicious that i am hooked for life...seriously now whenever i wanna cook something i just hop into your blog to see whether you have got any recipe with that particular ingredient and i just cook it...everytime its a hit!Thank you for filling my life with so much happiness:)And this choc cake is worth dying for...:)keep up the good work!!!much love

Congrats on ur second blog versary...good to know abt u..though,i m not regular reader of ur blog..i m inspired with ur posts..u r being senior blogger ,sure had loads of good things..congrats once again..will support u forever..

I love your blog. Gt to know about it thru a friend of mine who I think your husband know's Shiny Chandran. We both baked to gether and loved the easy chocolate cake recipe. We JUST LOVED it,It's the easiest cake recipe I have ever tried. Great going

I am Vidya Santosh this side...Your school mate...Hope u rem me...! hats off to you and your passion in cooking...! Congratulations on your achievement...and has to confess that all your recipies are yummy and mouth watering....

Divay ..Congrats on ur 300th post and happy to know that u r in the blogging world for last 2 years.. congratsfirst time here you have a wonderful blog.I really missed your post ..anyway i like to come back to see ur new post so following you yarr.Nice event.Sure i will send some thing for this wonderful event..you are always welcome to my blog

love ur blog. have come here a few times tho not left a comment. thru u, I became a big fan of Hersheys site (iam crazy bt chocolates and cake!!!) i tried this recipe from their site....thanks to u... Ive linked this page also in my recipe.

hey divya....i just wanted to let you know that i tried this recipe n it came out so well...since the cake was a little too big for just the 2 of us...i did some major distribution n everyone loved it...:)...infact after keeping some of the leftover in the fridge for 2days i even tried heating it for 10secs in the MW n had it hot with icecream n it was just divine...i have a query...have u ever tried reducing the measurements to make smaller or one portion chocolate cake? if you have can you please give me the link or some tips on how to reduce the measurement? it has always hpnd with me that when i try to reduce the measurement to make a smaller cake than in the recipe i normally goof up....that is y i'm asking for your help. :)...anyways....this is a winner recipe for sure...:)..thank you for sharing it....:)

Hi Divya,I tried this cake,the taste and textire was fantastic .But the üroblem was the cake did not rise,i wanted to make layer cake but could not.Canadding baking powder help?How come ur cake has so many layers?

I make this cake whenever I want a layered chocolaty cake and it turns out perfect.I use 8' pans and divide the batter into 3 and bake.Please check the expiry date of your baking soda,that could be the culprit!